Cook Local, Eat Global

Things are quiet here at Chez Barbara, as I am camped out on the couch, “relaxing.”

I had my now biweekly prenatal checkup yesterday, and after months of my blood pressure being on the low end of normal, it hiked up alarmingly.

So while I am not on official bedrest as I was the last month of my pregnancy with Morganna, I am supposed to take it easy, which means no cooking.

Which also means less posting, most likely.

I will probably be back later today with a post about food in the news or some such, and I will start thinking of essays to write for a while to keep everyone informed and entertained, but for now, I am stuck on the couch and should probably rest some more, in the hopes that the blood pressure will chill out.

It is good to take a Omega-3 supplement during the last 2 trimesters of preg and during breast feeding for the brain development of the baby. A supplement that is approved for pregnant women is called Expecta by Enfamil, though there are plenty of Pre-natals now with DHA (a form of Omega-3). Coming to why this is relevant is that as a side-effect of taking this supplement, my blodpressure has now dropped to normal. Talk to your doctor about it. Good luck.